Oh my God ! It’s so beautiful … I would love to get one in my box lol, even if we don’t know each other, I feel I know your family because I follow Lila’s blog from the beginning and now pinksugarland and I’m completely addicted ! Such inspiring and you amaze me everyday !!!! Thank you for sharing ! And happy 3 to Cole !

Hey I just found your blog via pinterest! I am actually about to make a baby shower invite similar to your birth announcement, and just wondering if you had these printed somewhere professionally, or if you printed them off your printer at home? and how that worked with the watercolor paper you used? They are really beautiful!

hi jamie! thanks for stopping by :) i did have these printed at a pro lab. i love the softness of the watercolour paper for them but i’m not sure how it would work on a home printer. perhaps worth a try? you could definitely sew on the regular glossy postcard style announcements/invites as well!

Hi!
Just found your blog via pinterest and I am officially in love with these birth announcements. I am having a baby soon and would loooooooooove to do a similar idea. You are so creative! These are so beautiful!

I have a couple questions though:

Did you print the photo on watercolor paper as well? Or is it a regular print on matte photo paper?

[...] a couple weeks ago but just realized i hadn’t shared it here yet — cole’s birth announcements that i crafted are in a book! i had to change his name and did these ones with a multi coloured [...]